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Sliwa from Cambridge to Vienna

Paulina Sliwa, currently senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Cambridge, will be moving to the University of Vienna, where she will be professor of moral and political philosophy. (more…)

Liverpool Philosophers Object to Planned Layoffs at University, Call for Support

The members of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool have authored a letter in support of the actions being taken by their union in response to planned layoffs (redundancies) of colleagues in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences (more…)

Allais from UCSD to Johns Hopkins

Lucy Allais, currently Henry E. Allison Endowed Chair in the History of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, will be taking up a position as professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. (more…)

New Site Lists Jobs Outside of Academia for People with Advanced Degrees in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Madeline Martin-Seaver, a philosophy post-doc at Auburn University, has created a new site that lists “alt-ac” job openings that would be appropriate for people with graduate degrees in the humanities and social sciences. (more…)

Numbers of Senior Hires in Philosophy During Recent Years

Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) looked into the numbers of senior hires in philosophy made in recent years. (more…)

Stuart from Geneva to National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Michael Stuart, currently a fellow at the Department of Philosophy and Centre for Philosophy of Science at the University of Geneva, has accepted a tenured position as associate professor at the Institute of Philosophy of Mind and Cognition at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. (more…)

Job Placement Numbers for the 2020-21 Season (several updates)

PhilJobs’ “Appointments in Philosophy” lists 30 tenure-track, 7 fellowship, and 5 “other” placements for the 2020-21 job market season, according to a write-up by Charles Lassiter (Gonzaga). (more…)

Arvan’s 2021 Philosophy Jobs Report

How many tenure track positions in philosophy were advertised during the 2020-2021 job market season? (more…)

The Philosophy Profession, Mid-20th Century

It has been known for some time that there would be few openings for people receiving their Ph.D. degree in philosophy this spring. But how dire their prospects are was not really brought home to us until last week when the Western Division of the American Philosophical Association met in Ann Arbor. (more…)

To Help Avert University’s “Hunger Games,” A Philosopher Steps Down

Philosopher John Sutton will be voluntarily stepping down from his position as professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at Macquarie University as a way of helping his colleagues avoid a “Hunger Games”-style plan imposed by the university to cut faculty. (more…)

Cambridge Hires Dewar and Fine

Neil Dewar, currently assistant professor at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, and Sarah Fine, currently senior lecturer in philosophy at King’s College, London, have been hired into permanent positions by Cambridge University. (more…)

Restall from Melbourne to St. Andrews

Greg Restall, currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, will be moving to the University of St. Andrews, where he will be the Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of Philosophy. (more…)

Drożdżowicz and Malmgren to Lillehammer (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences)

Anna Drożdżowicz, currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oslo, and Anna-Sara Malmgren, currently a lecturer at Stanford University, have been hired as tenured associate professors of philosophy by the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Campus Lillehammer. (more…)

Junior Yearly Progress Reports in Pandemic Times

A junior faculty member has questions about the assessment of faculty on the tenure-track over the past year, particularly regarding how such faculty should, if at all, discuss how the challenges of the pandemic affected their progress. (more…)

Schafer from Irvine to Texas

Karl Schafer, currently professor of philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, will be moving to the Department of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. (more…)

Otsuka from LSE to Rutgers

Michael Otsuka, currently professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics, has accepted an offer from the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University. (more…)

Magrin and Rosen to Pitt

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh has made two recent hires. (more…)

Cuts at Ithaca College Include Philosophy

Following up on a fall announcement of pending faculty and program cuts, the administration of Ithaca College has released a draft proposal specifying who and what is to be eliminated. (more…)

Hedden from Sydney to ANU

Brian Hedden, currently Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sydney, will be moving to Australian National University (ANU), where he will be associate professor of philosophy. (more…)

Kingma from Southampton to KCL

Elselijn Kingma, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Southampton, has been named the Peter Sowerby Chair in Philosophy and Medicine at King’s College London (KCL). (more…)

Morton from UNC to Pennsylvania

Jennifer Morton, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has accepted an offer from the University of Pennsylvania. (more…)

List (LSE) & Valentini (KCL) to LMU Munich

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU) has hired two philosophers: Christian List and Laura Valentini. (more…)

Fraser from Hong Kong to Toronto

Chris Fraser, currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong, will be moving to the University of Toronto. (more…)

Australian Philosophers Object to Proposed Tuition Hikes for Philosophy Students

In June, Australian Minister of Education Dan Tehan announced a proposal to “double down on our core mission of educating Australians for the jobs that will be in demand in the future” that would lower university costs for science, engineering, information technology, nursing, etc., but raise costs for those studying philosophy and other humanities fields by 113%. (..